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Edition 41

Bristol: City of Sanctuary?

Bristol became a City of Sanctuary in 2012 — a promise to welcome those fleeing persecution. But has it lived up to that pledge? Historian Colin Thomas looks back

Colin Thomas

Edition 41

Antifascist protesters dressed in black try to de-arrest one of their activists from a line of police.

In conversation with Bristol Antifascists

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

People Just Do Something

Two individuals smiling at the camera, standing close together. One is wearing a 'Bristol Cable' branded T-shirt and the other a plain green T-shirt. The text 'PEOPLE JUST DO SOMETHING' is displayed across the front. In the background is a grainy image of high-rise buildings.

Listen: People Just Do Something, with Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat on the power of nonviolent resistance in the face of genocide

Priyanka Raval George Colwey
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins, Priyanka Raval and George Colwey
A group of protesters, wearing protective masks, some standing holding banners and some sitting on the grass in front of a cathedral.

Opinion

Being a Crip is a radicalising experience

With the government’s disability benefits cuts coming into force, communities in Bristol and around the country are resisting under the banner Crips Against Cuts

Teodor Hykel
Olga and Maria at a recent Altered States event

Features

Vladimir, vapes and defending democracy: when the Cable met Pussy Riot in BS3

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval
A crowd of counter protesters by Castle Park, with one holding up a placard saying 'Fuck off fascists'

Features

Long Read: Bristol took a stand against the far right, and it’s preparing to do it all over again

Priyanka Raval Sean Morrison
Priyanka Raval and Sean Morrison

Opinion

Colston 4 judgment: ’The government is tearing up our protest rights’

The Colston Four were acquitted earlier this year after tearing down the Colston statue. But a Court of Appeal judgment means protesters will be less likely to receive similar protections in future.

Katy Watts
Katy Watts (Liberty)

Police and Crime bill

5 key moments in history that led to the Police and Crime Act

Now the government has restricted peaceful protest, criminal defence solicitor Matt Foot explains the history of violent policing at protests and outlines how we got here.

Matt Foot

Reports

‘It’s what God is asking of me’: Bristol reverend, 80, will risk arrest again to raise awareness of climate crisis

Supporters cheered as Reverend Sue Parfitt had a conviction overturned by a judge.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Features

Andreas Malm: ‘Why climate activists should engage in acts of sabotage’

Environmental protesters need to rethink their tactics, argues a Swedish scholar of human ecology who came to Bristol this week.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Police and Crime bill

Man charged with riot and arson says police escalated protest into violence

He is accused of trying to set police vehicles on fire during the Kill the Bill demo on 21 March, but blamed police for turning the protest violent.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Investigations

Riot charges handed to Bristol Kill the Bill protesters are rare in recent history of unrest in Britain

Protesters face up to 10 years in prison after being charged with the most serious of public order offences. Lawyers comment on what this means and how recent riots and protests have been dealt with by the criminal justice system.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards
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